Kathode
[kaˈtoːdə]
The verdict
“Kathode” is uncommon German (frequency #75,849 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,849
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Elektrode, an der die Reduktionsreaktion stattfindet
Corpus desk
Index DE-kathode · Kathode · German
Kathode · rank #75,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,849
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH kast
Nearest frequency peer: kast (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kathode“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Karolinger
Karolinger
24,156 corpus weight
- Kartoffelch…
Kartoffelchips
24,154 corpus weight
- kast
kast
24,153 corpus weight
- Kathode
Kathode
24,152 corpus weight
- kees
kees
24,151 corpus weight
- keystone
keystone
24,150 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kathode“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kathode |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaˈtoːdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kathode“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kathode is uncommon German at frequency #75,849 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaˈtoːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Kathode doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kathode, spelled K-A-T-H-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Elektrode, an der die Reduktionsreaktion stattfindet
- 2Elektrode, die Elektronen in das angrenzende Medium des Bauteils abgibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kathode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Elektrolyse einer (mit Wasser) verdünnten Säure entsteht an der Kathode Wasserstoff.
In einem Akkumulator, der über einen Widerstand entladen wird, fließt der Strom von der negativeren Anode zur positiveren Kathode.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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